Brother Rice's New Football Coach is a Familiar Name
Brian Badke will be carrying on a family legacy of coaches when he takes the reins of the football program at Brother Rice next fall. His father and grandfather also coached in the Catholic League.
Badke. That's B-A-D-K-E. The name is a familiar one in Catholic League coaching circles. Brian Badke, named as Brother Rice’s new football coach in May, is following in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather. George Badke once was the head football coach at Fenwick and served as the offensive coordinator at St. Laurence when the Vikings won three Prep Bowls in the 1970s. The late-Bernard Badke was a head basketball coach at St. Rita in the 1950s. “I’m a third-generation coach,” Brian Badke said. “My hope is that I’ll be half the coach that my father and grandfather were. Both were pretty successful.” Badke joins the Brother Rice staff in a full-time capacity on July 1 as the Crusaders’ major gift officer and head football coach. …
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